Modern Mirrors
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
2010s Turkish Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Mirrors
Gold Leaf
1930s Italian Vintage Modern Mirrors
Leather, Mirror, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Mirrors
Rock Crystal, Metal
2010s Italian Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Hickory, Bentwood
1980s Mexican Vintage Modern Mirrors
Chrome
20th Century Spanish Modern Mirrors
Mirror
21st Century and Contemporary Ukrainian Modern Mirrors
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Mirrors
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Metal, Brass, Copper
1970s Swedish Vintage Modern Mirrors
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Marble, Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Marble, Brass, Stainless Steel
Early 2000s Italian Modern Mirrors
Cut Glass, Wood, Mirror
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Marble, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Marble, Brass, Stainless Steel
2010s Japanese Modern Mirrors
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Marble, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Marble, Metal, Brass
2010s American Modern Mirrors
Brass, Stainless Steel, Metal, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Marble, Stainless Steel
1980s American Vintage Modern Mirrors
Brass, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Art Glass, Birch
1990s American Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
1970s French Vintage Modern Mirrors
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Mirrors
Velvet, Cut Glass, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Marble, Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Mirrors
Steel, Metal, Cut Steel, Brass, Copper, Stainless Steel
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Mirrors
Metal
2010s Korean Modern Mirrors
Metal, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Ukrainian Modern Mirrors
Brass
2010s American Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Mirror
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
2010s European Modern Mirrors
Gold Leaf
2010s British Modern Mirrors
Mirror
2010s Italian Modern Mirrors
Brass
2010s British Modern Mirrors
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Mirrors
Plastic
2010s American Modern Mirrors
Wood, Rope
2010s American Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Maple
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Mirrors
Brass, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Mirrors
Stainless Steel
2010s American Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Mirrors
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Mirrors
Bronze
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Mirrors
Art Glass, Mirror
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Mirrors
Chrome
2010s American Modern Mirrors
Stainless Steel
2010s Dutch Modern Mirrors
Foil
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Mirror
21st Century and Contemporary Balkan Modern Mirrors
Ceramic, Fiberglass, Acrylic, Mirror
2010s British Modern Mirrors
Brass
2010s British Modern Mirrors
Mirror